At Flores in the Azores

There was an election to Scotland's devolved (autonomous) parliament on Thursday and, though it pains me greatly to even think about it,...

I must say that the question which is exercising me the most in the run up to the wedding is not what her dress is going to be like (co...

Today, the 25th April 2011, is not just Easter Monday in Portugal but also the country's national day, Dia da Liberdade . This celebra...

Surely I'm not the only one to have noticed the extraordinary resemblance between Libyan rebel leader Gen. Abdul Fattah Younis and Engli...

Although this was the Portuguese media reporting a story which appeared in the British newspaper The Independent , I was taken in for a bi...

Has anyone else noticed the extraordinary resemblance between Karima el Mahroug, the 17 year old Moroccan night club dancer (yeah, right!) a...

  Last Wedenesday, 23 March, after Parliament refused to pass his austerity budget, the Prime Minister of Portugal, José Sócrates (pron. ...